Eurytus (son of the Hippocoon)
Eurytos ( ancient Greek Εὔρυτος ) is a person of Greek mythology .
He is the son of the hippocoon from Amyklai . Together with his father and his brothers Dorykleus , Skaios , Bukolos , Enarophoros , Euteiches , Lykaithos , Tebros , Hippothoos , Hippokorystes , Alkinos and Alkon , he expelled the rulers of Sparta , Ikarios and Tyndareos , from the city. Hippocoon and all his sons are killed by Heracles , whereupon Tyndareus takes control again.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Eurytos 4 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1437 ( digitized version ).
- Ulrich Hoefer : Eurytos 4. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, column 1363 ( digitized version ).
